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Guided Pathways at PCC

Chris Brooks, Ph.D. History Faculty, Sylvania Jamee Kristen, Ph.D. Sociology Faculty, Rock Creek

Guided Pathways: Overview of the Work

• Guided Pathways Team

▫ 3 co-chairs – Jamee, Chris, Jessica Howard ▫ 22 people

• 1 Campus President - Jessica
• 2 Division Deans – Sarah Tillery and Janeen Hull
• 18 Faculty (15 LDC, 3 CTE)
• Jason Pinkal, Advising Redesign
• Program mapping now
• Clusters / Meta-Majors next

Program Mapping

• SACs with corresponding PSU major(s) are

developing program maps for students transferring to PSU

• Based on associates degree and PSU major

requirements

• Goal: program maps due by May 6

Clusters / Meta-Majors

• Lots of terms: advising pathways, areas of study,

communities of study, etc. all mean the same thing!

• Goals:

▫ Identify principles to guide the development of

clusters in May

▫ Develop clusters by December

Examples

• Career clusters (e.g. health sciences, architecture &

construction, human services, information technology)

• PSU advising pathways (curricular)

▫ Society & Identity ▫ Urban, Public & Global affairs ▫ Business ▫ Language, Culture & Meaning ▫ Design, Creativity & Performance ▫ Health Science & the Earth ▫ Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics & Physics

More Examples

• Amarillo CC Communities

▫ Business ▫ CIS ▫ Creative Arts ▫ Education ▫ Health Services ▫ Industry ▫ Liberal Arts ▫ Public Service ▫ STEM

More Examples

Valencia CC Areas of Study

• General Studies (Transfer)
• Arts & Entertainment
• Business
• Communications
• Education
• Engineering & Technology
• Health Sciences & Nursing
• Hospitality & Culinary
• Information Technology
• Plant Sciences & Agricultural

Technology

• Public Safety & Paralegal

Studies

• Science & Mathematics
• Social Sciences

Open Questions

Givens: CTE & LDC integration, alignment with employment sectors

• How do we identify curricular commonalities?
• Where do Gen Ed disciplines fit?
• Can one discipline be part of more than one

cluster?

• How can we combine career and curricular

themes?

• How do we engage faculty?
• Other stakeholders – students!